Life and Death in Thomas Do Not Go Gentle and Frosts Stopping by Wood

livelihood and ending in doubting Thomas Do Not Go juicy and Frosts fish filet by Woods Carpe Diem(seize the day) is a Latin phrase which has come to denote an important literary paper especially common in lyric poesy the encou furorment to look at the most of present life while it lasts, or to live for the moment, (The UVic sources Guide). Both Robert Frosts Stopping by Woods on a white Evening and Dylan Thomass Do Not Go Gentle explore the mentation that muckle should get to live life to its fullest. Thomass poem, written to his perplex, employs a truly emotional, prayerding flare that deeply appeals to the audience, while Frosts poem, a series of thoughts close his own eventual(prenominal) death, exhibits a more pensive, practical, subtle style that foxily forces the audience to hypothecate of their own eventual demise. The themes of the two poems are comparable in that two explain that death is impending, that people should not organize for granted the j udgment of conviction they have left on earth, and that people learn courage to see death and to realize when death can wait. Thomas, however, powerfully believes that people should deplete an active role in what happens to them during their lives as explicit in his fervent, heavy tone, while Frost believes that each person has an charm time to die, and that people should try to accomplish their obligations before they let themselves conduct in to deaths temptation. Do Not Go Gentle is an emotional plea to Dylans aging incur to stay alive and fight death, without altering his individualism. In other words, Dylan wants his father to take his life into his own hands and comptroller his own destiny. Rage, rage against the dying of the light (Thomas 2570), a line that is retell throughout the poem, opera hat su... ...rature. (1994) 1344. Holbrook, David. Dylan Thomas The Code of Night. University of London The Athlone Press, 1972. 196. Holbrook, David. Llareggub Revisted Dyl an Thomas and the bring up of Modern poem. Cambridge Bowes and Bowes, 1965. 100-101. Kidder, Rushworth M. Dylan Thomas The Country of the Spirit. Princeton PrincetonUniversity Press, 1984. 94, 187-190, 197. Pritchard, William H. Frost A Literary Life Reconsidered. Amherst The University of Massachusetts Press, 1985. 43. Stanford, Derek. Dylan Thomas. untested York The Citadel Press, 1986. 116-118. Thomas, Dylan. Do Not Go Gentle. The Norton Anthology of side of meat Literature. (1996) 2570. Waggoner, Hyatt H. A Writer of Poems The Life and Work of Robert Frost, The Times Literary Supplement. April 16, 1971, 433-34. Zverev, A. Untitled. Poetry Criticism, Vol. I. 222. Life and Death in Thomas Do Not Go Gentle and Frosts Stopping by WoodLife and Death in Thomas Do Not Go Gentle and Frosts Stopping by Woods Carpe Diem(seize the day) is a Latin phrase which has come to denote an important literary motif especially common in lyric poetry the encouragement to ma ke the most of present life while it lasts, or to live for the moment, (The UVic Writers Guide). Both Robert Frosts Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and Dylan Thomass Do Not Go Gentle explore the idea that people should attempt to live life to its fullest. Thomass poem, written to his father, employs a very emotional, pleading style that deeply appeals to the audience, while Frosts poem, a series of thoughts about his own eventual death, exhibits a more pensive, practical, subtle style that craftily forces the audience to think of their own eventual demise. The themes of the two poems are similar in that both explain that death is impending, that people should not take for granted the time they have left on earth, and that people need courage to face death and to realize when death can wait. Thomas, however, strongly believes that people should take an active role in what happens to them during their lives as evident in his fervent, cogent tone, while Frost believes that each pe rson has an appropriate time to die, and that people should try to accomplish their obligations before they let themselves give in to deaths temptation. Do Not Go Gentle is an emotional plea to Dylans aging father to stay alive and fight death, without altering his individualism. In other words, Dylan wants his father to take his life into his own hands and control his own destiny. Rage, rage against the dying of the light (Thomas 2570), a line that is repeated throughout the poem, best su... ...rature. (1994) 1344. Holbrook, David. Dylan Thomas The Code of Night. University of London The Athlone Press, 1972. 196. Holbrook, David. Llareggub Revisted Dylan Thomas and the State of Modern Poetry. Cambridge Bowes and Bowes, 1965. 100-101. Kidder, Rushworth M. Dylan Thomas The Country of the Spirit. Princeton PrincetonUniversity Press, 1984. 94, 187-190, 197. Pritchard, William H. Frost A Literary Life Reconsidered. Amherst The University of Massachusetts Press, 1985. 43. Stanford, D erek. Dylan Thomas. New York The Citadel Press, 1986. 116-118. Thomas, Dylan. Do Not Go Gentle. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. (1996) 2570. Waggoner, Hyatt H. A Writer of Poems The Life and Work of Robert Frost, The Times Literary Supplement. April 16, 1971, 433-34. Zverev, A. Untitled. Poetry Criticism, Vol. I. 222.